Vienna Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Child Sexual Abuse

A Vienna man was sentenced in federal court Thursday to 10 years in prison followed by 20 years of supervised release for child exploitation crimes.

Alan Tabish, 37, of Vienna, pleaded guilty in March to possession of child pornography and the attempted transfer of obscene material to minors. The crime happened in or around 2005, but the case emerged after the victim reported the crime as an adult in 2019.

According to court documents, Tabish met a 15-year-old online around 2005 through AOL Instant Messanger. When the victim identified herself as a minor online, Tabish picked her up from her parents’ home and brought her to his home, then in Fairfax. At his home, he provided her with alcohol and showed her pornography.

He then brought her to the basement and recorded videos and images of himself engaging in sexually explicit conduct with her.

After the victim provided information, law enforcement identified Tabish and executed a search warrant at his Vienna home. During the search, law enforcement found a hard drive containing nine images and two videos depicting Tabish engaging in sexual activity with the minor when she was 15 years old. One of the videos shows the victim appearing unsteady and struggling to keep her eyes open.

Law enforcement also recovered approximately 84 other online chats with individuals purporting to be minors. One of these chats was with a self-identified 14-year-old who Tabish pressed to discuss sexually explicit and personal topics and sent her sexually explicit images of himself. Another chat with a self-identified 13-year-old involved Tabish asking about her sexual history and sending sexually explicit images of himself.

The case was part of the Department of Justice's Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to address child sexual exploitation and abuse.